Legal Opinion

EDWARDS v. OVERMYER

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 21, 2025No. 2:15-cv-05615Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA NICHOLAS EDWARDS : : CIVIL ACTION v. : No. 15-5615 : SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL : OVERMYER, et al. : McHUGH, J. August 21, 2025 MEMORANDUM This is a Motion for Relief from Judgment under Civil Rule 60(b) filed by Petitioner Nicholas Edwards, a state prisoner, arising out of his 2003 murder conviction. This is Petitioner’s first motion for relief under Rule 60 following the denial of his habeas petition in 2018. I conclude that because the Motion is an unauthorized second or successive habeas petition over which this…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Gonzalez v. CrosbySupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Burton v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Davila v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2017

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